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“Can you move the Helicopter to the other side, I can land on your runway, I can fly 1 hour more, we have enough to move. Please rescue me. Major Bung, wife and 5 child.”

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know "Where those treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow, the snow"

i get a lot of request mostly for new mods or things i posted but did not upload yet , i dont mind to get request and im hyppy if i can help someone out but ofcourse there are limits if someone is asking for files , not made by me , i decline his or her request it is one thing asking for something new or try to get files for free , there are request from peoble i know very well and i trust and when they loos a particular file i´m helping out no question asked , i´m always helping out if i can and to be honest i dont have the feeling of getting abused or taken advange of there are only few request i ever declined , but i did especially for files not made by me and i will do so in the future , getting files for free this way is not acceptable actually people who try to abuse the system this way should be called out and get sanctions

"The temperature in Saigon is 105 degrees and rising.... "

last flight out, 30 Apr 1975

This will be a great addition for the A.4M and some Israeli models, especially combined with the avionics on this thread. Great work all guys!

my original advise to Erik was to place limits on the various subscription levels, but he majorly didnt want to do that so now my advise to the whiners is to make a list of what they want, pay teh trial subscription and get everything on their list. a couple days should be enough time and outside extreme circumstances the price is about the same as a cheap fast food meal.

havent had that yet. not sure about a public shaming, just a nice screenshot of the request to Eric should do..... but i seem to be a prime defender on FB of the new system. folks that were perfectly happy with us before the change now talk like their personal wallet got stolen or like the sites been dead for years........

Nah Hoss, you ain't. You ARE in DEEP DooDoo though

I totally agree with that.

To be honest, i hate it. Regularly guys send me a PM and begging for files of planes, or mods or terrains or whatever. They don't want to subscribe on this side, but want to get access to the files. Does this guys only begging on me, or on others too?

As many people see on the forum, I sometimes upload screenshots, and I've uploaded screenshots of things I've made, and people contact me to request the skins I make. From my site, I only upload my skins, and they have to download the models from here, or adapt them to the original Thirdwire planes with whatever they know. In my case and current situation, I can't afford the subscription because my financial situation, both mine and my family's, isn't good, and I can't afford the things I want in general, not just paying for the 2-day or monthly subscription. When my subscription ended, I asked for only two things because I knew I wouldn't be able to pay for a subscription again for another two months or more. The only things I asked for were the Mirage III and V templates and the CFTgr templates. After that, I only contacted them to receive information or to ask for help with something I already have in my account and I can pass it on to the person who contacted me without them having to download it. However, my limit is that those who contact me ask for my skins and if they need something from the page, it has to be something they really need and that it won't be deleted after two days. In that case, I can afford the subscription to give them the file they want. In conclusion, I agree with Volk that it might be a good idea to report and ban those who request a lot of things because that's what the two-day subscription is for, and those who take advantage of it can most likely afford to pay for it and aren't doing it to take advantage or think we're Fools.

Call them out, hang them out to dry and make it public. After that, our dear administrators can take appropriate action. Nobody contacted me, but I can understand that it is a nuissance. Cheers

might trust that hippie over there with the all natural fuel man.... meanwhile, i dont think we're in Kansas anymore....

@Stratos AI tried to reproduce a Mirage F1CZ but failed and ended up with this, so instantly it seemed like one of these mysterious prototypes which actually never flew and it gave me the idea of an interesting futuristic what if. @Gepard No... It actually has an enlarged nozzle.

Atlas Giraffe fighter aircraft program By 1984 SADF thought that Cheetah aircraft which was then under develpoment would not be ready to conduct operations on the ongoing border war. Atlas officials estimated that Cheetah will make its first flight sometime in 1985 with possible introduction to service date sometime in 1987 for the Cheetah E. The latter was regarded by many observers as an interim solution before Cheetah C become operational sometime in the early 90s. Cheetah E was actually a Mirage IIIEZ airframe conversion with some upgrades applied. It was fitted with a relatively simple avionics suite and radar but retained Atar 9C-3 engine. SADF decided that while avionics were good enough to counter FAPLA MiG-23s, lack of medium range air to air missile capability and engine performance were critical problems. With international embargo still active, South Africans decided to launch a parallel program code named "Giraffe". Giraffe's goal was to acquire/produce a small number of relatively modern fighters with BVR capability and newer engines at low cost within minimum time so that the first airframes enter service the same time with Cheetah. There was no budget nor time for development of a completely new aircraft so the Giraffe team inside Atlas took into account that SAAF was already very familiar with French aviation technology so they decided to apply upgrades to existing aircrafts. Atlas officials came up with the idea that the RDM radar (with ground mode removed) and the M53-5 engine of the early Mirage 2000C could be acquired and fitted to older Mirage IIICZs. Also Giraffe team gained some access to early stage of Rafale program. On January 1985 development team presented to government and SADF the characteristics of the upgraded prototype which would be ready to make its first flight as soon as possible. The aircraft should be able to accelerate fast, carry at least 2 medium range AAMs and 2 short range AAMs, detect/track fighter size targets at 50/25 nautical miles, use defensive countermeasures and finally eqquiped with an internal jammer. RDM and M53-5 would be delivered through third countries while the medium range Super 530F missile would be acquired in secret cooperation with France. Short range AAM would be the domestic V3C Darter. The first flight was estimated to take place sometime in September 1985. On May 1985 with the Cheetah on development stage and with the increase of military expenditures due to the ongoing conflict on Southern Angola, government prioritized Cheetah program as more important and terminated Giraffe. An artistic representation of how Giraffe could look like was published on Air International magazine (with little help from AI).

Great ! I hope to fly them soon ! P.

Hmmm...new fuel on the market! Do I trust this guy enough to buy it???

well, i can tell you how progress is going ...

Oh Canada!